NameTides

Lucia

Lucia was the #83 girls' name in the US in 2025 (3,012 babies), and #170 in England & Wales and #193 in Canada.

Lucia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Lucia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandUSIrelandEngland & WalesCanada
Lucia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#83 (3,012)#170 (284)#100 (44)#71 (29)#160 (29)#193 (155)#78 (94)#100 (65)
2024#98 (2,663)#176 (279)#93 (47)#87 (24)#135 (34)#232 (124)#75 (96)—
2023#109 (2,442)#190 (262)#83 (51)#99 (21)#85 (60)#244 (116)#84 (78)—
2022#126 (2,222)#198 (257)#101 (43)#71 (30)#128 (41)#271 (110)——
2021#136 (2,025)#224 (224)#114 (39)#131 (18)#136 (37)#380 (84)——
2020#160 (1,753)#198 (249)#134 (32)#119 (17)#115 (45)#339 (93)——
2019#157 (1,819)#202 (243)#107 (42)#127 (17)#156 (34)#417 (78)——
2018#183 (1,612)#206 (254)#139 (35)#119 (20)#155 (34)#321 (103)——
2017#185 (1,662)#211 (247)#125 (38)#122 (19)#121 (49)#361 (92)——
2016#213 (1,523)#203 (264)#153 (32)#112 (22)#137 (43)#423 (80)——
2015#225 (1,453)#181 (303)#155 (30)#136 (17)#153 (38)#411 (83)——
2014#231 (1,436)#193 (276)#104 (45)#84 (28)#147 (40)#444 (74)——
2013#241 (1,327)#169 (312)#132 (36)#112 (20)#201 (28)#386 (84)——
2012#248 (1,304)#189 (274)#146 (32)#89 (28)#146 (39)#344 (95)——
2011#240 (1,329)#185 (276)#137 (34)#89 (28)#170 (34)#359 (92)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #83.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 530 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 530common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 890common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 410common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 250common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 730common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 970common

Next year

On its recent trend, Lucia is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 490 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 470 to 1 in 500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lucia by state, 2025Alaska: #38AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #93WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #95NHWashington: #68WAIdaho: #221IDMontana: #168MTNorth Dakota: #162NDMinnesota: #93MNIllinois: #50ILMichigan: #167MINew York: #79NYMassachusetts: #90MAOregon: #105ORNevada: #108NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #323IAIndiana: #160INOhio: #124OHPennsylvania: #112PANew Jersey: #65NJConnecticut: #64CTRhode Island: #78RICalifornia: #43CAUtah: #197UTColorado: #77CONebraska: #110NEMissouri: #175MOKentucky: #307KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #125VAMaryland: #97MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #61AZNew Mexico: #82NMKansas: #102KSArkansas: #231ARTennessee: #218TNNorth Carolina: #141NCSouth Carolina: #188SCDistrict of Columbia: #26DCOklahoma: #296OKLouisiana: #170LAMississippi: #384MSAlabama: #247ALGeorgia: #147GAHawaii: #114HITexas: #55TXFlorida: #54FL
Lucia (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#24351
Quebec2025#26621

Lucia (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LuciaCanadaGirls#193155
LuciaEngland & WalesGirls#170284
LuciaIrelandGirls#16029
LucíaIrelandGirls#7184
LuciaNorthern IrelandGirls#7129
LuciaNSWGirls#7894
LuciaScotlandGirls#10044
LuciaUSGirls#833,012
LuciaUSBoys—too few
LuciaVICGirls#10065